Kingfisher Knowledge is a groundbreaking series for readers hungry for information on today's hot topics. Lively, engaging text, packed with information, accompanies stunning photographs that enhance each chapter. Amazing, state-of-the-art digital artwork guides readers into the fascinating heart of the subject. This learning adventure does not stop there - information panels throughout lead the reader to further discovery. Each chapter offers website links, book lists, places to visit and career information. Life in Ancient Rome transports the reader on an amazing journey through the world built and run by the Romans, from its legendary origins and the growth of the republic to the height of empire, and from the human details of everyday life in Rome to the violent spectacles of battles and gladiatorial combat. Organized historically, it gives a clear sense of the major developments in this long and changing period, and is full of dynamic stories of interesting characters, important battles and great events. It also sheds new and intriguing light on familiar themes of life in Rome: roads and baths, luxurious living and slavery, the Forum and temples, and much more. The final chapter charts the decline of the Roman empire and looks at its far-reaching legacy.
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The "Kingfisher Knowledge" series provides color photos and digital images that allow the reader to step inside ancient Rome as if it existed today. The balance of illustrations, from both old and new sources, and text draw the reader into this amazing period in history and bring every facet of the culture to life.
The "Kingfisher Knowledge" series provides color photos and digital images that allow the reader to step inside ancient Rome as if it existed today. The balance of illustrations, from both old and new sources, and text draw the reader into this amazing period in history and bring every facet of the culture to life.
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Simon Adams was born in Bristol and studied at London and Bristol universities. He then worked as an editor of children's reference and other non-fiction books before becoming a full-time writer 15 years ago. Since then, he has written and contributed to more than 50 books on subjects as varied as American history, the sinking of the Titanic, the two world wars and the history of jazz. He is the author of Kingfisher Knowledge: Castles & Forts. Lindsey Davis lives in Greenwich. Recently, she was voted one of the top 50 authors in the Waterstones Reading Survey. Lindsey also received the 1999 Sherlock Holmes Award for Best Comic Detective for her Roman detective, Marcus Didius Falco.
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There are two stones about the founding of Rome one a legend, the other factyet both have merged to form a single story. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Roman Empire, Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony, Great Britain, Hadrian's Wall New!
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There are two stones about the founding of Rome one a legend, the other factyet both have merged to form a single story. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Roman Empire, Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony, Great Britain, Hadrian's Wall New!
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- Spend the Day in Ancient Rome by Linda Honan on page 17
- Life in Ancient Rome (Dover History Coloring Book) by John Green on page 17
- Ancient Rome (British Museum Colouring Books) by John Green on page 17
- Ancient Rome by Andrew Solway on page 43
- The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome (Hist Atlas) by Chris Scarre on page 43
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- Catullus: A Poet in the Rome of Julius Caesar by Aubrey Burl in Back Matter
- The Lore and Lure of Mother's Milk by T. Louisa Lundell Ph.D. in Back Matter
- A Brief History of Disease, Science and Medicine by Michael Kennedy on page 34
- A Mirror for the Church: Preaching in the First Five Centuries by David Dunn-Wilson in Back Matter
- Leisure and Ancient Rome by J. P. Toner in Back Matter
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